#5343 closed bug (fixed)

Opened March 15, 2010 01:03PM UTC

Closed March 20, 2010 08:26PM UTC

Last modified April 21, 2010 01:17PM UTC

Add option to allow form submission when option is chosen

Reported by: nigel Owned by:
Priority: major Milestone: 1.8.1
Component: ui.autocomplete Version: 1.8rc3
Keywords: keyboard Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

Autocomplete prevents form submission when you choose an item with the Enter key. I can understand how this is desirable in many cases, but I happen to have a case where I'd like to immediately submit the form once an option is chosen. Would it be possible to make this behaviour configurable?

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Change History (5)

Changed March 15, 2010 08:25PM UTC by rdworth comment:1

resolution: → worksforme
status: new → closed

Use the change event http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#event-change

Changed March 16, 2010 12:35AM UTC by scottgonzalez comment:2

milestone: TBD → 1.8
priority: minor → major
resolution: worksforme
status: closed → reopened
type: feature → bug

This is a bug. We're changing the semantics of form elements by canceling the event.

Changed March 16, 2010 01:25PM UTC by nigel comment:3

You can't use the change event either, it fires at all sorts of other times.

I only want to control the handling of the enter key. Not submit the form every time the element changed.

Changed March 20, 2010 08:26PM UTC by scottgonzalez comment:4

milestone: 1.8 → 1.8.1
resolution: → fixed
status: reopened → closed

Fixed in 1ddd4f5d3f83e1612cdbcf7039d01619b62c8a05.

You can now do:

$( el ).autocomplete({
    select: function( event ) {
        if ( event.keyCode === 13 ) {
            // handle enter key selection
        }
    }
});

Changed April 21, 2010 01:17PM UTC by rdworth comment:5

milestone: 1.9 → 1.8.1